Elaine Ingham Part 2 From Barren Ground to Fertile Soil The Sustainable Design Masterclass

Learn from the worlds foremost soil biologist Dr. Elaine Ingham, as she shows us how we can transform degraded, barren ground to fertile soil by repairing Soil Biology.
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[@jeffreyloucks6571]

Elaine pulls so many things together. The bottom line is that she can reproduce her results. What an amazing webinar series you have done with her. Thank you once again. Jeff

[@kevinrobijns2202]

😂

[@svetlanikolova7673]

After listening to Dr. Elain and putting organic matter on my land slide spot in front of my house, she saved my land, my house and thousands on retaining wall structure, not to mention I am growing some real good, super organic food for pennies. Thank you Dr Ingham. I cant thank you enough!

[@coolruler8856]

This woman sure has a great understanding of harmony in nature . I wish this was the norm , it would drop sales at the hardware stores but people would be more excited about tending to their yards . Also it’s a great teaching tool for the kids .

[@B01]

This woman? She's the reason we have the slightest clue what's going on in soil🤣🤣

[@TS-vr9of]

Really enjoyed the presentation. Not sure whats with the big ego trolls in the comments though. Keep doing great work Elaine, you rock.

[@B01]

Bayer/Monsanto pays bots to troll, was found during discovery during a previous court case. She would be one of their higher focused people so it makes sense

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

This presentation is excellent. Thank you for posting.

[@YarrHarr11]

Thanks for providing this information for free to all! We all need to share and adopt this knowledge, from industrial farming to our own backyards.

[@PhoenixUnlimited]

Post production my dear friend. That got painful but the information was amazing

[@sarah_farm]

you work very hard and you harvest the labor of your works,keep up the good work and perseverance! And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.

[@krustysurfer]

Awesome Sauce!!!!!!!!!!!! aloha from the Great Lakes USA

[@chrisblack5795]

Fabulous presentation! Blew my mind on what was shared!

[@randalmoroski1184]

Dr.Ingham is Heroic..!

[@MsCaterific]

She's a genius!

[@SARJENT.]

Awesome video!

[@martinhuber1205]

ok, ive made my way through the webinar with big interest. im really up to go deeper into soilscience and in learning to understand crucial biological processses. im actually searching for some clues (which ive really would have loved to hear Elaines opinion on) in understanding 1. : i ve been doing some experiments with EM (effective microorganisms) and NM (native microorganisms, as used in natural corean farming) and find it very interesting, the many application they have. they are all made anerobically, so no oxigen in the fermentation process, bokashis, EM1 etc... also stuff like sauerkraut and kimchi (what is good for human digestion etc, is anaerobic. so im looking for some clues,links/uses/applications for anaerobic and aerobic fermentation-processes, as i believe both of them have their moment of application, also for soil and fertility... probably i should have a look on this whole topic of compst-tea-brewing... as i suppose there are aerobic and anerobic benefical organisms, but when and how and who and why... !?! 2.: i somebody has research-recommendations to humic and fulvic acids and th cutting edge-science on them, let me know! ...as i suppose this is a crucial piece of investigation that we have to do in understanding biological procesesss in soil... so if anybody reading this may allready had some thoughts, realizations, on that, or tips where to go to research, i d greatly appreciate that! by the way: great channel, really love it !! :)

[@drtootsi]

I'd suggest building a foundation first. Start with 'Redhawk's epic soil series' at permies.com/wiki/redhawk-soil

[@jamesison2236]

Matt Powers was supposed to be in this webinar. He's been pushing to the limits ways to use our microscopes, and interpret better what you see. I'm not capable of arguing for or against any of the difference in their teachings or the thought processes behind them. Matt seems to be more open ended and willing to explore various possibilities, while Dr.. Ingham seems to already know all the answers and would share them for a price. With all her education, research and development, she's justified. Her methods do get results almost immediately, and save large scale extensive farmers lots of money on inputs.

[@tontyrutinel7680]

Let’s goooo!! Congratulations!!

[@1rstjames]

If only our Government emphasized Permaculture principles.

[@roscorude]

Government gets in the way for sure. Reliance on " government " to do the right thing got us here. Bypass the "government" and re- discover the logos of the universe!

[@chadjones4255]

Why wait for the use of force? I did not watch this video because of a government mandate.

[@1rstjames]

@@chadjones4255 I'm not waiting either. I was dreaming via my response that a governing body would impliment permaculture principles 'for and with the people' with some of the blm land they annexed.

[@chadjones4255]

@@1rstjames 90% or so of government action is clothed in virtuous justification but designed to help those who actually pay the cost of getting elected. If government were to be involved in Permaculture, it would typically be something like setting up burdensome rules to prevent small farms from participating in the name of consumer protection. Or requiring a certain amount of soluble application of fertilizer in order to be called "natural" or some nonsense like that. ;)

[@1rstjames]

@@chadjones4255 i know. I just wish it weren't thebcase. They already nibble in every aspect of life and follow a 'do as i say not as i do' mantra. I tried buying a 50 acre property in Boulevard, CA more than a year ago, with the intent of remediating the dirt and turning it into a biodiverse permaculture oasis. The county said i could only touch 5 acres of the property and would get fined if i touched any of the vegetation outside of the 5 acres. They said if i wanted to make any changes to the rest of the lamd, i had to pay $100k to start the permit process of turningnit into agritourism spot. What an utter scam! They think land void of biodiverse life is native, but it's only native duento our historical actions of depleting and unsustainable agriculture. What a joke.

[@mistijim]

Dang, this is a game changer. This is the missing piece of the puzzle for me.

[@Horse237]

Great. I have to subscribe.

[@hudson8865]

Thank you very much,

[@wesleycallison2079]

Hear, hear! On the manure ,I once put horse manure direct from a horse farm ( I even used their spreader) right on my garden and it nearly killed it. Composting is a must. Now it's not as fertile.

[@dalesoftley531]

The horse farmer did not tell you it was "hot", and needed to compost before application?

[@wesleycallison2079]

@@dalesoftley531 it had glyphosate in it from round-up ready hay. That was 5 years ago and it's almost back to normal now.

[@jacobhillmedia]

Around 1:33:00 the video shows the 3-4' roots of pasture grasses. In the U.S. grass is often planted over septic leach fields because the roots don't go very deep and don't interfere with the drain pipes. Does anyone know if improving the soil in a leach field would cause this kind of root growth and then damage the leach field pipes?

[@dannyworten5876]

When you say fungal food,are you talking about horse manure? Green leaves? Brown leaves?wood chips?

[@idiocracy10]

brown leaves, leaves that were brown when they dropped or were removed from the tree, and wood chips. fungal foods are high carbon, low nitrogen, generally speaking.

[@donningarmour2873]

All of the above. Nature grows better than man. All we need to do is let it do its thing.

[@JalanKehidupanOfficial]

I learn knowledge from here about important things

[@bonitamckenrick4667]

I would like to get involved, with my small family farm!

[@jktriple_g_129]

I watch this like twice a week 😂😂

[@xikano8573]

Your time has come, Big C!

[@rojilander7212]

Understanding the marvel of the biology which underlies a naturally healthy ecosystem is like getting closer to God..beefing up the good biology is where all the farms can find cost effective and healthy land

[@WaMor]

Obrigado.

[@3bouldersurban653]

Where is part 1 of the webinar?

[@trevorfichtner3539]

Do I NEED manure for compost or can I just use a lot of greens/legumes?

[@bsdiceman]

Is the link still available?

[@tolandmike]

Where's the link to Part 1?

[@Sproutt]

37:00 his lawn looks real good and green even with the tree there

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

You really should have respected her time. You wouldn’t let her go even after she said she needed to go to the restroom and only 2 more questions-even after she had spoken for over 3 hours already.

[@mbrown2776]

I would say probably everyone’s so Engrossed in her teachings, 3Hrs May of only seemed like 1.5Hrs🤷🏽‍♀️. She does know her stuff 😘👌🏾💯🇬🇧

[@TyreezyCapalot]

I woke up to this

[@FirstnameLastname-en1im]

so how to make the soil improved?

[@xaviercruz4763]

So can we eat soil and it be very nutritious food?

[@anthonystewart8327]

What time of soil for growing cabbage

[@didgeridooblue]

How is it possible for insect larva to survive in an anerobic environment?

[@sonnymery4193]

does DR Elain have an email one can contact for questions?

[@lukelouka5366]

[e-mail]

[@michelbisson6645]

Which f7ngi food molasses?

[@guloguloguy]

THANKS FOR THIS DISCUSSION, AND GREAT INFORMATION!! [HOWEVER: IMHO: THE AUDIO QUALITY SOUNDS TERRIBLE!!]

[@conradhomestead4518]

2:23:58 deworming information

[@CITYBORNDESERTBRED]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@CITYBORNDESERTBRED]

I’ve been waiting to watch this more than Game of Thrones.. 38:00 - 1:00:00 🤯 I can’t wait I to be able to implement this into my life

[@coachtedjo10]

Yesss

[@thepervertedmonk2353]

Gooo west young bacteria!!! LOL Shes a hoot

[@christinefedruk5161]

Turn off video feed of speaker if you lack bandwidth. Audio only would have helped watch ability greatly. Interesting topic though

[@Plantdog]

So much great info, too bad the video and audio is so mashed up

[@busker153]

I want to make my own, good compost. I am going to watch all the videos on this channel until I find the one where I can learn how to properly make great compost. And compost tea. And compost infusions. If anyone can link me to the best video to find this faster, I thank you ahead of time!

[@JesseJames83]

"Insect larvae only happens in anaerobic dirt (reduced oxygen environment)"

[@dogwood123100]

NEW TERMS LIKE SYCOPHANTIC NITROGEN TO NAME THE BAD GUYS ? WOULD A NEW NAME HELP US GET TO KNOW IT

[@trevorfichtner3539]

Woah! 2:10:00

[@scotts1008]

Such great information but boy is it frustrating that the methods and equipment are astronomical. Just the penetrometer on Amazon is $100-$200 never mind the cost to inject compost teas. $2500 for soil classes? Come on that’s ridiculous.

[@123476565656]

For a commercial operation, and for the amount of lectures that are in the package I think it's somewhat reasonable... but yes this definitely needs to become more mainstream and accessible knowledge so that individuals can replicate these results.

[@travismartin2186]

If your growing for personal use or even a small scale business, you dont need any of that stuff. Organic matter in the form of compost/vermicompost/dry amendments and inoculate with a couple teas and you will be good to go.

[@MsLeanne68]

Did you even listen?? Just grow your soil 🤷‍♀️

[@markislivingdeliberately]

If growing for a business you need to invest in it. If growing for yourself you don’t need all that.

[@jesus.christis.lord.foreve899]

Just saying GOD created this Earth for everyone to enjoy. HE calls the poor HIS own. Maybe you have heard: "The BEST things in life are free?" Guess what. It's true. Ask HIM: "How can we do BETTER than this ~ for FREE?" ... and when HE tells you, Please Share for FREE GOD will reward you and the whole earth will be Blessed

[@nailwall1078]

I got questions.

[@JRileyStewart]

Considering the discussion of the guy's lawn.... it seems something so natural should be far easier than what it took to make his lawn healthy. Does it take a PhD level in soil biology to realize these theories??

[@busker153]

After fall treatment, waiting the winter, and adding two applications of tea, she says that this is quite a process. Well, I understand what she is saying, but, it is not back breaking, hot and sweaty work under the hot sun. LOL It is a lot of details, but, how hard is it to take a sample? Getting the knowledge is a one time investment (that I am making on my butt in front of a computer!) that will pay off in far less actually hard work in the garden!

[@sidneyeaston6927]

Injecting compost tea is the slow way to start life in a compacted soil. use a soil auger get a good sized deep hole and fill it with half rotted compost this will leave a channel that lets soil life in below the compaction and gives them room to work above below and inside the compacted area fixing soil is not cheap but injecting compost tea is trying to do the job on the cheap. Compost tea leaves no pockets of air for the desired type of bacteria and can in clay soils cause them to become acidic.as rain will cause the clay to re compact excluding the oxygen. One day I will get rid of the ants in my garden but for the moment they are digging passages through the clay to drain their subterranean homes and moving organic material down to grow their little gardens of fungi once they have done their job and the soil becomes good they are toast.

[@theplantopinion8189]

then u have no idea what you are talking about, have a great day!

[@sidneyeaston6927]

Small scale what I do works, instant results gets the surface water to sink in and feeds the biology. On the large scale compost tea should be the option. Both methods work if there is good ground cover and living roots in the ground to feed the biology.

[@Soilfoodwebwarrior]

How are you planning on killing ants, I have the exact same situation.

[@sidneyeaston6927]

fire ant powder into the soil using a probe on the air compressor might add some castor sugar dont want poison near the surface do we

[@mbburry4759]

Makes a lot more sense to me

[@bonsummers2657]

Weeds are beneficial to the soil development.

[@thepervertedmonk2353]

This geeky lady could be considered a God if you really think about it.lol Shes raising consciousness, transforming lives, restoring the earth

[@jesus.christis.lord.foreve899]

o no 3 plus hours ! CLIFF NOTES, HELP !

[@nailwall1078]

Look in thee ditches along wood lines such im telling you will see this happen craziest thing you ever saw biggest plants ever.

[@nailwall1078]

I can get grass go fron 3 feet high max too 20-30 foot high max.

[@DanielGarcia-gg5xo]

What grass? I m in philippines. Tropical

[@hosoiarchives4858]

Tell me more!

[@MrSeney1]

Not easy to listen 🤖

[@jasonsimmons4319]

Good series but as a plant pathologist, i can say she is a bit off on diseases. Healthy soil will not eliminate disease. Just look at obligate parasites like mildews, rusts, viruses etc. These all evolved in balanced ecosystems, they evolved specifically to feed off particular species of plants in nature and they are a normal and healthy part of a natural ecosystem. Having healthy soil microbiomes doesnt eliminate this

[@nkululekombhele1533]

I think what she means is eliminate it as a problem fr the grower... Because once it does not bother your plants than its as good as gone far as im concerned. But i stand to be corrected :)

[@busker153]

Yes, I'm a farmer! How big is your farm? Well, I currently have 300 head of bacteria and 300 head of fungi! LOL I am corralling some nematodes, because they are quite skittish.

[@muppelmuh134]

1:16:15 what a great success story for the dairy farms. but where do they in the future continue to get the C from that is needed to compost that amount of manure? 3 parts C for 1 part manure to become good compost. How do they grow the amount of C needed? Where does the bedding come from that she talks about using as C? 1:34:20 increasing the herd, really? More cows- more manure- and again, where does all this Carbon come from that you need to compost? I don`t want to be the party pooper here, but I see a shortage of C-material. I think we have to revisit the concept of having one sided productions, like, only animals. Somehow these farms need to generate their own C-material to make the manure go to that awesome compost. I am all for composting but I am hesitant about spending fossile carbon to ship C material. The real shortage is the Carbon on site. And again, you need 3 parts carbon to 1 part manure.

[@lorebrown5307]

I live in timber country. Sawdust is a byproduct of the timber industry and they give it away for free. A lot of people use it as hobby farm bedding. I use horse manure with sawdust and get a lot of Mycrrohiza fungus in my no till garden. I add other organic inputs as well. Often there's a lot of spoiled hay in my area so carbon matter additives can be available if you get creative.

[@IvanPavlov007]

Good point. My beginner’s guess is once the soil food web is in place, balanced, and functioning optimally, the cows can go and poo right on the fields and the soil will fully recycle that material, leaching nothing and thus completely removing the need to even have waste pits. Closed system - sunlight, air, rocks, rain go in, and milk/crops/beef comes out. And a further guess is that the cows by wandering around all the paddocks actually help to spread the soil microbiology through their poo and on their hooves.

[@kellycarver2500]

I have never used any fertilizers or chemicals or anything at all on my garden soil, and even when I'm planting flats of plants, the WEEDS outgrow my veggies and I have to hoe them out. So this concept does not always work as she says. Maybe it works in big fields where the wind can't blow the neighbors weed seeds across the whole field, it would work, but in small beds like mine, it's a battle every year.

[@iPadtoo]

Kelly you missed her key point: weeds are a sign that your soil is missing microbial life. You need to re-listen to what she is saying about the LIFE in the soil, it is not about leaving out chemicals, weeds grow because our soil is crippled. You need to rebuild the micro organisms for what you want to grown. Keep at it, Dr Elaine does have the solutions and it has nothing to do with the wind or your neighbors or the size of your garden.

[@kellycarver2500]

​@@iPadtoo Any soil that will grow the good crops will also grow weeds. You'll never convince me of anything different, I'm sorry. I know this is going to sound really strange, but I have been studying a lot about Biblical healing, miracles, etc. The Bible says that those who accept Christ and receive the Holy Ghost are no longer cursed. Weeds are part of the curse that Adam brought on all mankind. Since I am now free from those curses, through Christ, I SHOULD be able to just TELL my garden to STOP growing weeds! In Jesus name. Why not? :)

[@HashP100D]

@@kellycarver2500 if you have faith as written Matthew 17:20

[@lulin2546]

@@kellycarver2500 omf of course you're religious

[@drummerboy737]

@@lulin2546 that's bad because..?

[@kinsfather057]

spray paint...

[@stephendaniel168]

Not sure if you’ll see this. It’s 2 years later. But please remember that farmers have been doing “sustainability” for as long you and your ancestors have been alive.

[@Tom-wm6jr]

sure, that's why the middle east, where the earliest known farming by humans happened is so green and fertile.

[@lifeisfun_28]

Lol You can't tell the differences of different microbe species in a microscope. Maybe narrow them down based on specific shape and some knowledge of prokaryote and fungal structure but most takes gram stains or other testing to tell good vs bad bacteria etc.

[@alejandro-hc6ms]

what the fuck i was just watching a game revew and fell asleep

[@busker153]

Speaking of "nature" doing things is more accurately understood as God having designed all the systems. Consider all the things that need to be in balance for life to continue, and statistically, you have proven the necessity of an Intelligent Creator. Jesus Christ is quite the craftsman, eh?

[@nailwall1078]

Bigger plants support bigger microbal populations.

[@TS-vr9of]

Bigger plants support bigger microbial populations To the extent that they aren't completely shading out lower leaves. It takes photosynthesis to feed those microbial populations and its takes photons from the sun to initiate photosynthesis. Unless your growing a C4 grass on 5 foot spacing a 20-30 foot high grass plant is totally impossible, not to mention utterly useless considering the lower part of the plant with be an extremely low energy forage and only be high in energy in the top foot.

[@nailwall1078]

@@TS-vr9of dude your crazy i can show you grass in wild 20- 30 foot high with litterally no spacing between them you walk threw thee blades will whip back and cut you.

[@TS-vr9of]

​@@nailwall1078 I think you're miss understanding me. I was trying to point out the fact that the older higher fiber parts of the plant are poor forage. Like you said they spring back because of this rigidity caused by high lignin and cellulose. Considering the stem to leaf ratio is important because the leaf is where photosynthesis is most prevalent. You might have tall stems like in a bamboo groves, but the majority of sugars and protein are in the leafs. The leaves also happen to be the greenest and thickest towards the top where sun can reach.

[@nailwall1078]

Agreed thats why we grow food how we do.

[@nailwall1078]

We could start organic farms and help build houses for poor and have them pay back with gentics and high quality seeds and produce its culture.

[@busker153]

Dirt is a ghost town. Soil is a populated town or city.

[@nailwall1078]

I am thee best elaine ingham wants too talk too me over 18 years personal experience.

[@Dino_Hunter_420]

Terra Preta 2 words to save the agriculture :|

[@moussahagui498]

Regardless she is gold digger, i like her approche

[@littlegreen5845]

I know this borders on religious experience but try not to be so rude to your guest.

[@michaelflanagan8842]

The problem I have with all these videos is, there a waste of time never tell you how to do it, just tell how great it works. Guess you have to pay money for that.

[@nailwall1078]

Elaine thiers more too it than that.

[@Sunshine_Daydream222]

There's always more to it, you think they could fit every single thing into a measly 3 hours? There are many more videos discussing this topic... What do you think are the key components that are missing?

[@nailwall1078]

I bet she can make a chemical micro food that stimulates soil health.

[@nailwall1078]

@@Sunshine_Daydream222 i get that we need living soil with microorganisms hydroponics right ratio mineral nutrients need combine thee two

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

Actually, he said, “thiers,” which is worse.

[@lulin2546]

@@xxpowwowbluexx haha

[@BigWesLawns]

Can we get a tower installed near Dr Elaines location, unless she was not at a place she broadcasts from normally. She is kind of a Big Deal. Someone born in the age of the Desktop PC intern for her, and make sure her computer skills dont show to the public. Her image should be better for shutting up all the haters.